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San Francisco Board of Supervisors Hear Out $5 Million Per Person Citywide Reparations Plan
Amid strong backlash from residents, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors signaled support for reparations recommendations on Tuesday, including $5 million for every eligible black adult in the city. Since 2020, reparations for African-Americans has become a subject of major...
San Francisco Reparations Committee ‘Exposes the Worst of San Francisco Activists’ and is Unlawful
With the San Francisco reparations committee admitting that their recommendation of a one time payment of $5 million per black resident has no mathematical basis, the Globe spoke with local San Francisco resident Richie Greenberg for in-depth analysis. Greenberg founded the successful movement to...
San Francisco Reparations Committee Admits $5 Million Payment Has No Basis
The San Francisco reparations committee announced on Tuesday that the controversial one time payment of $5 million per black resident’ reparations figure proposed in January has not mathematical basis, and is instead based on “what could represent a significant enough...
Reparations Task Force Meets To Discuss Compensation Calculation, Eligibility Requirements
The state Reparations Task Force met on Wednesday at Oakland City Hall to determine how financial compensation might be calculated and what would be required to prove eligibility. The Task Force was first put together in late 2020 following Gov....
California Reparations Panel Estimates $569 Billion is Owed to Black Residents
The California Reparations Task Force gave their first estimation on possible reparations for African-Americans in California on Thursday, coming to an estimated figure of $569 billion of reparations based on past housing discrimination practices in California. The Task Force was...
Veto Urged for Bill Extending CA Reparations Task Force
Groups that favor reparations for African-Americans in California, such as the Coalition for a Just and Equitable California, sent a letter to Gavin Newsom earlier this week urging him not to sign an upcoming bill that would extend the life...